A sunny evening with Birmingham Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Fine, bright, happy dancing, great characterisations, Osbert Lancaster’s brilliantly sunny designs. Even a super-cute pony. A real heart-warming evening.
David Mead
Romeo and Juliet comes home: Northern Ballet at Stratford-upon-Avon
Ballet returns to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with Romeo and Juliet. “It’s fabulous to see it again and its Northern Ballet at their best.”
Green Shoots: Acosta Danza Yunior makes a vibrant UK debut
The dancers are outstanding… they brought youthful energy and zest to the stage… outstanding, always fluid partnering, and depth of emotion
Irresistible: Scottish Dance Theatre in The Flock & Moving Cloud
A super evening. The finale of Moving Cloud is one of the most joyous five minutes or so I’ve witnessed on stage in a long time
Ghost Ships brings history to life
A look ahead with Nancy Hirst (Icon Theatre) and Amina Khayyam (Amina Khayyam Dance Company) to Ghost Ships at Historic Dockyard Chatham
ZooNation: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The narrative itself is thin. But who cares when the characterisation is so good, the dancing so terrific, and the energy levels so stratospheric.
National Youth Ballet: Evolving Visions
A happy couple of hours in the company of some very talented young dancers, whose joy and enthusiasm reached across the footlights.
Passionate Work: Choreographing A Dance Career
A compelling book about those dancers who didn’t become stars, about their passion, grit and determination, why they do what they do
Flying high: London City Ballet in Resurgence
High standards and diverse repertory, including the much awaited revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Ballade, and Arielle Smith’s new Five Dances
Singularly sensational: A Chorus Line
The final number apart, it’s not glitzy and it’s not glamourous but it is a terrific piece of theatre. And the singing and dancing are top-notch too.
Bayerisches Staatsballett: Sphären.02 | Preljocaj
Sphären.02 certainly embraced a spectrum of styles. Whether it said much about future directions for ballet or dance is highly questionable, however.